I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing...

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is...

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is...

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst,...